At least 88 families in this capital city of Bohol province, who lost their homes to a fire that also killed three people just two days before Christmas, were in need of help, officials said. | leoudtohanINQ /PDI
Firefighters later found—hugging each other on a pile of debris—the bodies of Edgar Manzano, 50; his common-law wife Remedios Balucas, 50; and their daughter Myer, 11.
The couple’s young son survived because he was in a church where he served as altar boy when the fire struck, said Tagbilaran City Mayor Jane Yap. At least 88 families displaced by the fire that gutted at least 50 houses were temporarily housed at the village’s gymnasium where they were given emergency kits, food and water.
Yap said the city government would provide more material and financial assistance to the victims but also urged the public to come to their aid. “They need used clothes including underwear, ready-to-eat food, milk and diapers, medicine,” she said in an interview on Friday.Those who would want to help may send their assistance to the donation drive area at the City Hall Atrium, Yap said.According to the City Fire Department, the blaze broke out at 12:10 a.m. from an undetermined house. It quickly spread to adjacent houses as most of them were made of wood and light materials.
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